About Dr. Whitney

She's the one who finally figures it out.

Dr. Whitney Boulton built Soul Align for the people who've already been through the system and are running low on hope. This is where the real work begins.

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Dr. Whitney's story

Soul Align was inspired by her own healing journey.

Dr. Whitney Boulton on a paddleboard in the ocean
Dr. Whitney Boulton

Dr. Whitney Boulton grew up in California with a passion for the outdoors and the kind of curiosity about the human body that eventually turned into two careers at once. After earning her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Redlands, she went on to complete her Doctorate of Chiropractic at Life Chiropractic College West, graduating summa cum laude at the top of her class. Alongside that, she completed two 200-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings, the first in Unified Yoga with Troy McPeak and the second in Shiva Rea's Prana Vinyasa. She has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 15 years.

Those two paths were never separate in her mind. Structural chiropractic care and intentional movement work together in ways that most healthcare models don't fully account for. Soul Align exists because Dr. Whitney decided to stop accepting a system that waits for people to break down before it pays attention.

Her chiropractic work centers on two specialties most practitioners don't combine. Blair Upper Cervical Care is a precise, gentle technique that corrects the upper neck without any twisting or cracking. It targets one of the most structurally significant areas of the spine, and doing it well requires dedicated training and advanced imaging.

Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP) is a research-based approach to full-spine structural rehabilitation, focused on restoring the natural curves of the spine and producing measurable, objective correction over time. Many upper cervical providers only work on the neck. Many CBP practitioners are heavy-handed everywhere else. Dr. Whitney takes a conservative, comprehensive approach across both, using a drop table and activator for full-spine adjusting alongside her Blair work.

Her philosophy was shaped partly by personal experience. She knows what it feels like to live in chronic pain and to find a way through it. That's why she listens the way she does, why she explains things until they make sense, and why she's direct about timelines and outcomes in a field where vague recommendations are the norm. She built Soul Align to be the practice she always wished existed: clinically excellent, genuinely honest, and warm enough that people actually look forward to coming back.

Yoga + movement

She's always understood that the spine and the mat belong together.

Long before Soul Align Yoga existed as a studio, Dr. Whitney understood that structural correction and intentional movement aren't separate disciplines. A spine being rehabilitated needs a body that's learning to move well. A nervous system under chronic stress needs somewhere to land. Yoga, practiced with intention and proper guidance, supports both.

She founded Soul Align Yoga as a natural extension of the healing environment she'd already built in the chiropractic office, anchored by a team of teachers whose collective training spans vinyasa, slow flow, yin, restorative, prenatal, sound healing, yoga therapy, and more. Practice Members from the chiropractic side find their way into the studio. Yoga students find their way into the chiropractic office. The community that's formed around both spaces is exactly what she had in mind when she built something that looks nothing like a traditional clinic.

Credentials

Training, in full.

  • Doctorate of Chiropractic, Life Chiropractic College West (graduated summa cum laude)
  • Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Redlands
  • Advanced training in Blair Upper Cervical Care
  • Advanced Training in Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP)
  • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Unified Yoga with Troy McPeak
  • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Shiva Rea’s Prana Vinyasa
  • 15+ years of yoga practice and instruction
  • Founder, Soul Align Chiropractic + Yoga, San Clemente, CA

If you've been looking for someone who actually listens, you found her.

The first step is a comprehensive exam where Dr. Whitney gets the full picture of your spine before she makes a single recommendation. Book online and she'll take it from there.

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